Settelments Flashcards
What is a settlement?
A settlement is a site that has people living on it permanently
What is a site?
A site is a land a settlement is built on
Name all of the factors you can think of to consider when choosing a site?
Fertile land Near water Temperate climate Solid land Enough but not too much sun Near other important places Flat surface
Everything you know about the industrial revolution
From 18th to 19th century
Discovery of coal and iron large scale industry
Victorian Britain started to build cheap houses for workers in houses
Why was the man’s home desirable?
It was good for market place
When did settlements first appear?
Man became farmer dominating agriculture
Romans in Britain
When they took over Britain the Romans started to construct roads and bigger cities grew.
When they fled away the cities started being small again
Three types of settlement patterns
Nucleated. Joined up hoses closely. Usually in crossroads.
Linear. In a ‘straight’ line. Along rivers or roads.
Dispersed. No obvious pattern. In the field land
What is a settlement hierarchy?
A settlement hierarchy is the order of how big settlements are
What are the examples of a settlement hierarchy?
Isolated dwelling 1 - 10 people Hamlet 11 - 100 people Village 101 - 2,000 people Town 2,001 - 100,000people City 100,001 - 1,000,000 people Conurbation more than 1,000,000
What services does an isolated dwelling have?
None
What services does a hamlet have?
Unlikely there are services
What services does a village have?
It is likely to have a post office, newsagent, general store and maybe a library.
What services does a capital city or conurbation have.
All of them including department stores, universities and cinema
Uses of land in cities and conurbations
Post office Gym restaurant Flats Theme parks Library Schools Mansions Department stores Universities
